My interest in public health emerged from my desire to apply my analytical skills to serve the under-studied and vulnerable populations on the U.S.-Mexico border and Texas focusing on drug use and sexual behaviors.

• Leadership in the Community - Borderland Rainbow Center (BRC) and Latino Commission on AIDS (10/12/2023)
• CHS Graduate Marshal of Students - UTEP College of Health Sciences (CHS) (12/01/2022-12/31/2022)
• LGBTQ+ Border Heroes Cards: Honoring LGBTQ+ Leaders and Influencers of the Borderland - Borderland Rainbow Center (BRC), Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
• Pride Constituent - Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (06/28/2020)
• University Service Award, 10 Years of Service - UT El Paso (03/03/2020)
• Recognition at Posada Trans 2018 - Transgender Community of Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua (12/02/2018)
• Research Engagement Advisory Council, TransFORWARD - TransFORWARD (10/29/2018)
• Grand Marshal, El Paso Sun City Pride Parade - El Paso Sun City Pride (06/02/2018)
• Pillars of Public Health Award - City of El Paso, Department of Public Health (01/16/2018)
• Nominated for the Path Builder for the Department of Public Health - Department of Public Health (12/20/2017)
• 2015-2016 Health Related Organization of the Year, UTEP Student Organization Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
• 2015-2016 Student Organization of the Year for the College of Health Sciences, UTEP Student Organization Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
• 2016-2017 UTEP Student Engagement and Leadership Center, Gold Standard Organization, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
• Recognition Reception, Community Activities Program 2015, Consul Jacob Prado - Mexican Consulate of El Paso (04/28/2016)
• 2016 UTEP Honors Convocation - Honor Society of the UTEP CHS (04/17/2016)
• UTEP College of Health Sciences, Research and Travel Award ($500) - UTEP College of Health Sciences Research and Travel Committee (10/02/2015)
• Community Engagement Award - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/07/2015)
• 2015 Straight Ally Faculty Award - 8th Annual Rainbow Graduation Reception (05/02/2015)
• Graduate Research Award - 8th Annual Rainbow Graduation Reception (05/02/2015)
• 2014-2015 Collegiate Organization of the Year for the College of Health Sciences, UTEP Student Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/25/2015)
• NIDA Women & Sex/Gender Differences Junior Investigator Travel Award ($1000) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (04/02/2015)
• Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Provost's Summer 2014 Student Research Assistant Program - UTEP Provost’s Office (05/20/2014)
• NIDA Summer Institute Tuition Scholarship recipient for the 2014 Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) (€1350) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (04/14/2014)
• 2013 Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI) for Hispanic Drug Abuse, Fellow - National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) (06/01/2013-06/30/2013)
• CHS Nomination for the UTEP 2013 Outstanding Thesis Award - Department of Public Health Sciences (02/01/2013-02/28/2013)
• CHS Honors Reception, Public Health Sciences Honoree, hosted by Dr. Kathleen A. Curtis, Dean of the College of Health Sciences - Department of Public Health Sciences (12/01/2012-12/31/2012)
• CHS Honors Reception, Public Health Sciences Honoree, hosted by Dr. Kathleen A. Curtis, Dean of the College of Health Sciences - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/01/2012-05/31/2012)
• Honors Award Recipient - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/01/2012-05/31/2012)
• Fellowship Travel Award ($800) - Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) (04/23/2012)
• 2nd Place Team, Students for Public Health (SPH) - AIDS WALK EL PASO 2011 "Band together, Walk together" (10/22/2011)
• Achievers Award Nominee - Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel (WESTOP) (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• SGA Miners Planting Globally Award, Students for Public Health (SPH) - Student Government Association (SGA), “Think Globally, Act Locally / Miners Planting Globally!” (10/10/2010)
• Summer Research Training Institute on Hispanic Drug Abuse, Fellow - National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) and National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) (06/01/2007-06/30/2007)
• Diversity Supplement Recipient - NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (08/01/2006-08/31/2006)
• Doctoral Student Award Recipient - San Diego Fellowship Program (08/01/2005-08/31/2005)

• Ph D in Public Health (Epidemiology), U.C. San Diego & San Diego State University (2009)
• MA in Statistics, U.C. Santa Barbara (2001)
• BS in Mathematics, U.C. Santa Barbara (1998)

• Impulsivity, Sexual Compulsivity, and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Hispanic Men Who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.–Mexico Border City Issues in Mental Health Nursing 43 12 (2022), Bibiana M. Mancera, Elias Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Oralia Loza, Joseph P. De Santis.
• Gender Differences in Methamphetamine Use Initiation and Trajectory of Use Among People Who Use Methamphetamine in a Mexico-U.S. Border City Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 20 4 (2021), Oralia Loza, Priscilla Guevara, Amir G. Hernandez.
• Impact of name change and gender marker correction on identity documents to structural factors and harassment among transgender and gender diverse people in Texas Sexuality, Gender & Policy 4 2 (2021), Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
• Differences in Substance Use and Sexual Risk by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Among University and Community Young Adults in a U.S.-Mexico Border City Health Promotion Practice/SAGE Publications 22 4 (2021), Oralia Loza, Thenral D. Mangadu, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Priscilla Guevara.
• Health Disparities in Access to Health Care for HIV Infection, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health among Latino Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.-Mexico Border City Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services 33 3 (2021), Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Bibiana M. Mancera, Joseph De Santis.
• COVID-19 & YOU: Experiences of Sexual and Gender Diverse Texans During COVID-19 Pandemic University of Texas Libraries (2021), Phillip W. Schnarrs, Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, Yona Elias-Curry, Sheridan Aguilar, Mark A. Bond, Aliza Norwood, The Texas COVID-19 & You Coalition.
• Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Men who have Sex with Men in a Mexico-U.S. Border City The American Journal on Addictions (2020), Oralia Loza, Zulieka V. Curiel, Oscar Beltran, Rebecca L. Ramos.

• Panel II: State Crime and Police Violence: The scope, its landscape, and its discourses. (2024), Volume Bogota, Colombia, Robert Duran, Oralia Loza.
• Moderated Panel: Debunking the War on Drugs - The Importance of Harm Reduction (2024), Volume Mexico City, Laura Guzman, Nathan Smiddy, Oralia Loza, Alex H. Kral.
• An Interdisciplinary Educational Approach to Address Gender Diverse Health Disparities in a Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx Community (2023), Volume Boston, MA, Brandon M. Merritt, Patricia Lara, Sofia Carranza, Ariadna Hernandez, Oralia Loza.
• An Interdisciplinary Health Education Program to Address Gender Diverse Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx community – Lessons Learned (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Brandon M. Merritt, Christopher G. Medlin, June Contreras, Lori Silva-Edwards, Oralia Loza.
• Engaging in Stakeholder Driven Research: Patient and Stakeholder Perspectives Panel Discussion (2023), Volume Austin, TX, Oralia Loza.
• Best Practices for Working with Transgender People (2023), Volume Houston, TX, Robert Anchondo, Oralia Loza.
• Associations Between Geosocial Sexual Networking App Use and Drug Use, Partner Type, and Sexual Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Men During the First Shelter-In-Place Order of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Texas (2023), Volume Denver, CO, Oralia Loza, Nqobile Nzama, Oscar Beltran, Aliza Norwood, Phillip Schnarrs.
• An Intersectional Analysis of Officer-Involved Shootings: A Focus on Age and Sex. Session Title: Police in the Americas II: Excessive Forces (2023), Volume San Juan, Puerto Rico, Robert Durán, Oralia Loza.
• Conducting LGBTQ+ Health Research in Texas and U.S.-Mexico Border (2023), Volume Las Cruces, NM, Oralia Loza.
• An Interdisciplinary Health Education Program to Address Gender Diverse Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx community (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Brandon M. Merritt, Oralia Loza.
• An Interdisciplinary Health Education Program to Address Gender Diverse Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx community (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Brandon M. Merritt, Oralia Loza.
• Associations between Living on the Texas-Mexico Border, Drug Use, and Sexual Behaviors among Men who have Sex with Men during the First Shelter-in-Place Order in 2020 (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Nqobile Nzama, Oralia Loza, Phillip Schnarrs.
• Name Change and Gender Marker Correction for Transgender and Gender Diverse in Texas (2022), Volume UTEP Centennial Museum, El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction on Identity Documents to Structural Factors and Harassment Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Texas (2021), Volume Austin, TX, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
• Impulsivity, Compulsivity and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Hispanic Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.-Mexico Border City (2021), Volume Washington, D.C., Joseph De Santis, Bibiana M. Mancera, Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez.
• Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction on Identity Documents to Structural Factors and Harassment and Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Texas (2021), Volume online, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
• Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction on Identity Documents to Structural Factors and Harassment among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Texas (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
• The COVID-19 & You Survey: Mental health, preventative behaviors, and coping strategies in sexual and gender diverse Texans during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021), Volume Denver, CO, Yona Elias-Curry, Sheridan Aguilar, Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, Aliza Norwood, Brett Cooper, Phillip Schnarrs.
• Impact of COVID-19 on Health and Access to Healthcare and Social Services among Sexual and Gender Diverse Texans by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, Phillip W. Schnarrs.
• Impact of COVID-19 on Health and Access to Healthcare and Social Services among Sexual and Gender Diverse Texans: Differences by Race and Ethnicity (2021), Volume Virtual, Phillip W. Schnarrs, Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, Aliza Norwood, Mark A. Bond, Yona Twena, Sheridan Aguilar, The COVID-19 & You Coalition.
• Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction in Identity Documents to Housing Related Factors among Transgender Texans (2021), Volume Virtual, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez.
• COVID-19 & You: Gender Diverse Texans, COVID-19, and Mental Health (2020), Volume Austin, TX, Phillip W. Schnarrs , Oralia Loza, Yona M. Twena, Sheridan G. Aguilar, Erica Ciszek, M. B. Cooper, Aliza Norwood, The COVID-19 & You Texas Coalition .
• Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy (2020), Volume Austin, TX, Yona M. Twena, Sam Clubb, Cassidy Laminack, Patricia Lara, Oralia Loza.
• COVID-19 & You Survey (2020), Volume Austin, TX, Phillip W. Schnarrs , Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, M. B. Cooper, Aliza Norwood, The COVID-19 & You Texas Coalition .
• Health Disparities in Access to Health Care, HIV Infection, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Among Latino Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.- Mexico Border City (2020), Volume Hollywood, FL (online), Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Bibiana Mancera, Joseph De Santis.
• Health Disparities in Access to Health Care, HIV Infection, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Among Latino Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.- Mexico Border City (2020), Volume Hollywood, FL (online), Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Bibiana Mancera, Joseph De Santis.
• Legalized Violence: Thirty-Five Years of Officer Involved Shootings in Denver, Colorado (2020), Volume Denver, CO, Robert Duran, Oralia Loza.
• Public Health Perspectives on Transgender Health (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• 'Safer Sex Education in the LGBTQIA+ Community' With Dr. Oralia Loza and Community Panel (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• Public Health Perspectives on Transgender Health (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• Listener Perception as a Measure of Voice Modification Treatment Effectiveness in a 22-Year-Old Transwoman (2019), Volume Oakland, CA, April Gutierrez, Patricia Lara, Oralia Loza, Deena Peterson.

• Collaborative Research: How Does Non-Parental Relatives Support Impact the Housing Stability and Safety of LGBTQ Youth Over Time and into Young Adulthood?
• An Interdisciplinary, Health Education Program to Address Gender Minority Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx Community
• Preventing Suicide among Sexual and Gender Diverse Young Adults in Primary Care in Texas